Proplatyarthrus
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Genus: | †Proplatyarthrus Ameghino 1905 |
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Proplatyarthrus is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, endemic to Chubut Province, Argentina in South America.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Proplatyarthrus was named and a talus bone described by Florentino Ameghino in 1905.[2] It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Carroll in 1988.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Proplatyarthrus, basic info
- ^ Ameghino, 1905, p.59
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
Bibliography
[edit]- Ameghino, Florentino (1905), "La faceta articular inferior única del astrágalo de algunos mamíferos no es un carácter primitivo", Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 12: 1–64, retrieved 2016-07-27
Further reading
[edit]- R. Hitz, M. Reguero, A. R. Wyss and J. J. Flynn. 2000. New interatheriines (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) from the Paleogene of Central Chile and Southern Argentina. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 42:1-26